Crime & Safety

‘Oh My God, I Almost Died:' Portage Park Man Narrowly Escapes Gunfire

"I had a strange sense — a sixth sense, if you will — that someone was lurking in the bushes," said 40-year-old Christopher.

CHICAGO (CBS) — “I had a strange sense — a sixth sense, if you will — that someone was lurking in the bushes,” said the victim, a 40-year-old man named Christopher. He said the feeling set in as he walked along Lavergne Avenue near Warwick Avenue. He kept walking, never turning around.

He is still uncomfortable now, and he does not want to publicize his last name. But he did share Ring camera video that captured the whole incident as a man quickly come up behind Christopher, putting a gun to his neck and demanded his money. “I felt the gun,” Christopher said.

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